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George Katagiri: Heroes

George Katagiri in 1951

George Katagiri in 1951

This is the kind of story that I find interesting.

George Katagiri (grandfather of Zach, who is on this blog and the co-owner of Peachyhost, which houses Thymos.org) was the elementary and high school teacher of Joan Harvey, a reporter for the Oregonian.  Harvey recounts how whenever her district administrators would ask her to write down the names of her best teachers, she would write, “”Mr. Katagiri, Mr. Katagiri and Mr. Katagiri.”

Check out the story.  George Katagiri was controversial from the start:

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